{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Best Colleges You\u2019ve (Probably) Never Heard of","description":"Do you know Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black college, in North Carolina? What about SUNY-Geneseo in New York\u2019s Finger Lakes region? Both schools were top performers in the Washington Monthly\u2019s annual college rankings. The magazine puts a premium on graduation rates, overall costs to students and families, whether graduates end up in good-paying jobs doing meaningful work, and how ready they are for advanced degrees. Editor-in-Chief Paul Glastris discusses the methodology behind the innovative rankings, as well as some of the surprise hits in this year\u2019s list. Also from this month\u2019s issue, Glastris discusses contributing writer Anne E. Kim \u201chacking\u201d Google\u2019s online certification program, and Jamaal Abdul-Alim\u2019s reporting on colleges going directly to students to offer admission, rather than waiting for them to apply. ","author_name":"EWA Radio","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ewa.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27947313\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/bf3747\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/27947313"}